Evening time on Aughinish (Photo by Lara O'Connell, 2004)

Aughinish is a small island located in north county Clare, in Ireland (53.09°N 9.04°W) on the south shore of Galway Bay. Image of old ruin on island of Aughinish. ... County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ... Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a large bay/sea loch on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the district of Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south. ...

The island was originally connected to county Clare, but in 1755 that connection was lost due to the tsunami effect of the massive Portuguese earthquake. Then the British built the existing causeway to county Galway to service their troops in the Martello tower on the island. So to this day, access to Aughinish, county Clare is still only through county Galway. 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... In modern usage, a causeway is a road elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe in Irish) is located on the west coast of Ireland. ... Martello towers are small defensive forts built by the British Empire at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. ...

The island is approximately two miles wide and a mile from the northernmost tip to the southernmost point and has approximately fifty inhabitants.

Aughinsh Island is a 1000 acre island located in the river Shannon directly accross from Shannon Airport. The island's name was derived from it's use in relation to horses and point-to-point races made up from the old Irish word AUGH for horse and Inish for island. Shannon can refer to the following: Four place names in Ireland: River Shannon, Irelands longest river. ... Shannon Airport (IATA: SNN,ICAO: EINN) is Irelands main transatlantic airport. ...

The island supports since 1970 the Aughinish Alumina which is Europe's largest alumina refinery see also the company's website www.aughinish.com for further detail.